Winners of the “Public Eye Investigation Award” Shed Light on Shipbreaking

Belgian journalist Gie Goris, Editor in Chief of MO* Magazine, and Nicola Mulinaris, Communication, and Policy Officer of the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, received Public...

HSFO in 2020 Could Contain 4.2% Sulfur Prior To Scrubber Treatment

The level of sulfur in marine fuel, before it passes through an exhaust gas cleaning system or scrubber, could rise from current levels to...

Couple Misses Cruise Ship, Video Viral!

According to Cruisehive, a new video has started going viral which shows a couple missing the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship in Nassau,...

Port Of Rotterdam Extends Incentive To All Tankers with Green Award...

Port of Rotterdam extends its incentive to reward LPG and LNG carriers and oil, product and chemical tankers with Green Award. Every liquid bulk...

PDVSA to Declare Maritime Emergency! Tanker Fleet to Return 10 Vessels

Venezuelan state oil company’s tanker fleet to return 10 vessels because of unpaid fees. PDVSA’s weak finances, the result of mismanagement, a sharp...

Moscow Tightens Arctic Route! Threatens To Arrest or Sink Vessels

Moscow has tightened passage rules in the Northern Sea Route as it plans to bring  Arctic waters under its control. Warships and vessels...

Cruise Workers Say Sex on Ships Is Comparable To College Dorms

Cruise ship employees say sex among cruise ship workers is pervasive. Some compare the hookup culture as being similar to, or even exceeding,...

Goal To Increase the Proportion of Women on Tankers To 5%

The International Transport Workers Federation estimates that only 2% of crew in the world fleet are female. 94% of these women work on...

Japan’s Bunker Fuel Sales Fall 18.6% From Nov

According to Trade and Industry data, Japan sold 2.32 million barrels of bonded bunker fuel in December 2018, down 18.6% from November and 8.9%...

Gasum Boasts 100th Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering

LNG bunkering is now becoming routine in many areas. Espoo, Finland headquartered Gasum carried out its 100th LNG bunkering on February 21, reports the...

SHI Places LNG Carrier Tank Order With GTT

In a recent development, GTT has announced that they have received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of a...

Five Ballast Water-Related Predictions for 2019

Detentions and arrests, missed compliance deadlines, mergers and more; Craig Jallal predicts the top trends for the ballast water sector for 2019, reports Ballast...

[Watch] Norwegian Cruise Ship Rocked By ‘Sudden, Extreme Gust of Wind’!

According to Sun Sentinel, Several people were injured after the Norwegian Escape cruise ship was blasted by an extreme gust of wind. What happened? Described as a...

Ship Owner Apologizes For Oil Spill in Solomon Islands!

The owner of the bulk carrier guilty of spilling oil in the Solomon Islands has issued an apology and could be imposed a bill...

LNG Carrier for Cameron LNG Nearing Completion Christened

LNG carrier with capacity of 177,000 m3 under construction for Mitsui & Co christened. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding bagged the order for the new vessel...

Tanker Report – Week 9, 2019

  The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the tanker market of the 9th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated...

How Will US Sanctions on Venezuela Impact Tankers?

The United States has imposed sanctions on state-owned Venezuelan oil company PDVSA to prevent Venezuelan president from enjoying the benefits. The actions also prevent companies...

IMO 2020 Scrubbers Uptake – 4% of Vessels, 10% by Tonnage

4% of the world fleet plus order book is slated to have scrubbers. A majority of this 4% is still waiting to get...

Electric Container Ships Are Stuck on the Horizon

The Yara Birkeland in Norway, is the world’s first electric-powered, zero-emissions container ship and the first autonomous commercial vessel. It will carry just...

American Shipping Company ASA Reports Q4 Results

On 28 February 2019, American Shipping Company ASA announced the results for fourth quarter ending 31 December 2018. Report Highlights Overseas Shipholding Group (“OSG”) exercised...